Based on the analysis of a oligopoly market with Bertrand price-competition, the paper tries toanswers the following questions:(1) How does the existing antitrust-law in the United States, Germany, and the European Unionaffect the behavior of relevant interestgroups?(2) Is it possible to improve the efficiency of the existing antitrust-laws in Germany and in theEU by introducing an privat action clause comparable to the US-antitrust-laws?

application/pdf2011-03-25T09:43:13ZAntitrust and InterestgroupsSeemann, IngoFusionskontrolle und Partikulärinteresse2011-03-25T09:43:13Zterms-of-useBased on the analysis of a oligopoly market with Bertrand price-competition, the paper tries to<br />answers the following questions:<br />(1) How does the existing antitrust-law in the United States, Germany, and the European Union<br />affect the behavior of relevant interestgroups?<br />(2) Is it possible to improve the efficiency of the existing antitrust-laws in Germany and in the<br />EU by introducing an privat action clause comparable to the US-antitrust-laws?deuSeemann, Ingo1999